Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Principal Investigator: Dwight Bowman (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Collaborating Investigator: Michael Jenkins (USDA-ARS) Sponsor: USDA Title: "Survival Kinetics of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Swine Facility Wastes of the Southern Piedmont and Coastal Plain Watersheds"

Principal Investigator: Paul Bowser and Jim Casey (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Collaborating Investigator: James R. Winton (USGS Western Fisheries Research Center) Sponsor: USDA Title: "Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia in the Great Lakes Basin"

Principal Investigator: Nikolaus Osterrieder (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Collaborating Investigators: Henry Hunt (USDA-ARS - Miswest-Area) Sponsor: NIH Title: "In Vivo Effects of MHC1 Down Regulation in Herpesviruses"

Principal Investigator: JoAnne Flynn (University of Pittsburgh) Collaborating Investigators: David Russell (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Sponsor: Gates Foundation - University of Pittsburgh Title: "In Vivo Effects of Tuberculosis and its Response to Chemotherapy"

Principal Investigator: Karel Schat (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Collaborating Investigators: Irit Davidson (Kimron Veterinary Institute, Israel); Dan Heller (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Sponsor: BARD Title: "Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus: Immunosuppression, Transmission, and Impact on Other Diseases"

Principal Investigator: John Treanor, MD (University of Rochester) Collaborating Investigators: Gary Whittaker (Cornell University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology) Sponsor: NIH-University of Rochester Title: "NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance"